Continuing with its speech, the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak further added that the government will pay £1000 bonus per employee for firms that bring staff back from furlough through to January.
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- Furlough program cannot and will not go on forever.
- Furlough system will wind down flexibly, gradually.
- Leaving furlough open forever will give people false hope.
- Longer people are on furlough, skills will fade.
- We can get as many people as possible from furlough back to their jobs.